Local agencies are ramping up efforts to track, test and teach prevention, and residents are encouraged to take precautions ...

Tick season is already off to a rough start, and catching bites early is key to preventing tick-borne disease. Research ...

“If you live in Manhattan,” Diuk-Wasser said, “most likely you got it by traveling. If you live in Queens or the Bronx, you ...

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

"The populations are out of control,” said York Emergency Management Director Nicole Pestana on the tick surge at local parks.

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

Ticks are arthropods, not insects, and can transmit diseases like Lyme disease. Ticks inhabit areas with tall grass, shrubs, ...

STEVENSVILLE, MI – State officials confirmed Michigan’s first detection of the Asian longhorned tick, an invasive pest which ...

Experts warn that tiny, active nymph ticks increase Lyme disease risk because they can be too small to detect.

More and more ticks have been catching a ride into the province of P.E.I. over the last few years. Ticks have been known to attach themselves to human skin, as well as hop onto furry pets, but medical ...

TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. Ticks are arthropods with a complex life cycle, proven resilient and persistent in the environment. Three families are currently recognized: Ixodidae (hard ticks), ...

A citizen science study led by the University of Antwerp shows that nearly 20% of ticks collected from gardens in the north of Belgium carry the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease in humans.